"I ask, you answer."
"An...answer what?"
"Someone saw you go up the mountain today. Did you meet anyone?"
Wang Kang suddenly realized something and replied loudly:
"No, I only went up the mountain with my old mother to Huishou Cliff, but we turned back halfway..."
"Why turn back?"
"I couldn't bear it... I couldn't bear to leave my old mother in the Elderly Cave."
Cold sweat dripped down Wang Kang's face.
He was an honest man. When he was young, his old mother taught him never to take advantage of others. Today, he took pieces of broken silver and felt bound to keep the secret entrusted to him.
To him, this was a natural principle.
"Are you lying?"
"No, I... I wouldn't dare to lie."
As Wang Geng's words fell—
"Kangzi is lying."
Wang Kang's eyes widened in disbelief as he turned back to look.
He saw his old mother hobbling out.
"Sirs, we did see someone. He was staying in the Elderly Cave at Huishou Cliff... Please, sirs, have mercy. Spare my Kangzi..."
